God Implored to Confound His Enemies.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God°, ado not remain quiet°;bDo not be silent° and, O God°, do not be still°.
2 For behold°, Your enemies°amake° an uproar°, And bthose who hate° You have Icexalted° themselves°.
3 They amake° shrewd° plans° against° Your people°, And Iconspire° together against°bYour IItreasured° ones.
4 They have said°, “Come°, and alet us wipe° them out Ias a nation°, That the bname° of Israel° be remembered° no° more°.”
5 For they have Iaconspired° together° with one mind°; Against° You they make° a covenant°:
6 The tents° of aEdom° and the bIshmaelites°,cMoab° and the dHagrites°;
7aGebal° and bAmmon° and cAmalek°,dPhilistia° with the inhabitants° of eTyre°;
8aAssyria° also° has joined° with them; They have° become°Ia help° to the bchildren° of Lot°.IISelah°.

9 ¶ Deal° with them aas with Midian°, As bwith Sisera° [and] Jabin° at the torrent° of Kishon°,
10 Who were destroyed° at En-dor°, Who abecame° as dung° for the ground°.
11 Make° their nobles° like aOreb° and Zeeb° And all° their princes° like bZebah° and Zalmunna°,
12 Who° said°, “aLet us possess° for ourselves The bpastures° of God°.”

13 ¶ O my God°, make° them like the Iawhirling° dust°, Like bchaff° before° the wind°.
14 Like afire° that burns° the forest° And like a flame° that bsets° the mountains° on fire°,
15 So° pursue° them awith Your tempest° And terrify° them with Your storm°.
16aFill° their faces° with dishonor°, That they may seek° Your name°, O LORD°.
17 Let them be aashamed° and dismayed° forever°, And let them be humiliated° and perish°,
18 That they may aknow° that bYou alone°, whose name° is the LORD°, Are the cMost° High° over° all° the earth°.

A complaint to God of the enemies' conspiracies.

1 ¶ [[A Songº [or] Psalmº of Asaph.]]º Keep not thou silence,º² O God:º hold not thy peace,ºª² and be not² still,ºª O God.º2 For,² lo,² thine enemiesºª make a tumult:ºª and they that hateºª thee have lifted upºª the head.º3 They have taken craftyºª counselº against² thy people,º and consultedºª against² thy hidden ones.ºª4 They have said,ºª Come,¹ª² and let us cut them offºª from [being] a nation;º² that the nameº of Israelº may be no² more² in remembrance.ºª5 For² they have consulted¹ª together¹² with one consent:º² they are¹ª confederateº² against² thee: 6 The tabernaclesº of Edom,º and the Ishmaelites;º of Moab,º and the Hagarenes;º7 Gebal,º and Ammon,º and Amalek;º the Philistinesº with² the inhabitantsºª of Tyre;º8 Assurº also² is joinedºª with² them: they have² holpenº the childrenº of Lot.º Selah.º

A prayer against them that oppress the Church.

9 Doºª unto them as [unto] the Midianites;º as [to] Sisera,º as [to] Jabin,º at the brookº of Kison:º10 [Which] perishedºª at Endor:º they became² [as] dungº for the earth.º11 Makeºª their noblesº like Oreb,º and like Zeeb:º yea, all² their princesº as Zebah,º and as Zalmunna:º12 Who² said,ºª Let us take² to ourselves² the housesº of Godº in possession.¹ª13 O my God,º makeºª them like a wheel;º as the stubbleº beforeº the wind.º14 As the fireº burnethºª a wood,º and as the flameº setteth¹ª the mountains¹ on fire;ºª²15 So² persecuteºª them with thy tempest,º and make them afraidºª with thy storm.º16 Fillºª their facesº with shame;º that they may seekºª thy name,º O LORD.º17 Let them be confoundedºª and troubledºª for ever;º² yea, let them be put to shame,ºª and perish:ºª18 That [men] may knowºª that² thou,² whose nameº alone² [is] JEHOVAH,º [art] the most highº over² all² the earth.º